25th Primetime Emmy Awards

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25th Primetime Emmy Awards
DateMay 20, 1973
Location Shubert Theatre,
Los Angeles, California
Presented by Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by Johnny Carson
Highlights
Most awards The Waltons (5)
Most nominationsThe Waltons (9)
Outstanding Comedy Series All in the Family
Outstanding Drama Series The Waltons
Outstanding Limited Series Tom Brown's Schooldays
Outstanding Variety Musical Series The Julie Andrews Hour
Television/radio coverage
Network ABC
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The 25th Emmy Awards, later known as the 25th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 20, 1973. The ceremony was hosted by Johnny Carson. This would be the final ceremony that included daytime categories, as the Daytime Emmy Awards premiered the next year. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

Contents

The top shows of the night were All in the Family which won its third consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, and The Waltons . The Waltons, in its first season, had the most major nominations heading into the ceremony (9), and won the most major awards on the night with five.

Winners and nominees

Source: [1]

Programs

Programs
Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime Drama
Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Informational/Factual
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Entertainment/Fictional
Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming
  • America (NBC)
    • The Julie Andrews Hour (ABC)
    • Kung Fu (ABC)
    • M*A*S*H (CBS)
    • Maude (CBS)
    • The Waltons (CBS)

Acting

Lead performances

Acting

Supporting performances

Single performances

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Directing

Directing
  • The Julie Andrews Hour (ABC): "Lisa Doolittle and Mary Poppins" – Bill Davis
    • The Flip Wilson Show (NBC): "Roberta Flack and Burt Reynolds" – Tim Kiley
    • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (CBS): "Mike Connors" – Art Fisher

Writing

Writing
  • Acts of Love and Other Comedies (ABC)
    • The Lily Tomlin Show (CBS)
    • Liza with a Z (NBC)
  • The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Steve Lawrence and Lily Tomlin"
    • The Flip Wilson Show (NBC): "Sammy Davis Jr., Ed Sullivan and Marilyn Michaels"
    • The Julie Andrews Hour (ABC): "Eliza Doolittle and Mary Poppins"
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Original Teleplay
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations [note 1]
NetworkNumber of
Nominations
CBS64
ABC31
NBC28
PBS14
Programs with multiple major nominations
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Nominations
The WaltonsDramaCBS9
The Mary Tyler Moore ShowComedy8
All in the Family7
M*A*S*H
That Certain SummerSpecialABC6
1972 Summer OlympicsSports4
ColumboDramaNBC
The Julie Andrews HourVarietyABC
Kung FuDrama
The Marcus-Nelson MurdersSpecialCBS
The Electric CompanyChildren'sPBS3
The Flip Wilson ShowVarietyNBC
The Hollywood SquaresDaytime
Liza with a ZVariety
MannixDramaCBS
MaudeComedy
The Red PonySpecialNBC
Sesame StreetChildren'sPBS
ABC Afterschool Special: "The Last of the Curlews"Children'sABC2
ApplauseVarietyCBS
CannonDrama
The Carol Burnett ShowVariety
The Last of the MohicansLimitedPBS
The Life of Leonardo da VinciCBS
Long Day's Journey Into NightSpecialABC
McMillan & WifeDramaNBC
The Odd CoupleComedyABC
Once Upon a MattressVarietyCBS
Sanford and SonComedyNBC
The Sonny & Cher Comedy HourVarietyCBS
Tom Brown's SchooldaysLimitedPBS

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards [note 1]
NetworkNumber of
Awards
CBS17
ABC11
PBS6
NBC5
Programs with multiple major awards
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Awards
The WaltonsDramaCBS5
The Mary Tyler Moore ShowComedy4
1972 Summer OlympicsSportsABC2
All in the FamilyComedyCBS
The Julie Andrews HourVarietyABC
Liza with a ZNBC
The Marcus-Nelson MurdersLimitedCBS
Tom Brown's SchooldaysLimitedPBS
Notes
  1. 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

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